diff --git a/lib/tapioca/cli.rb b/lib/tapioca/cli.rb
index e6c89d86d..a3a145404 100644
--- a/lib/tapioca/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/tapioca/cli.rb
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ def todo
     option :workers,
       aliases: ["-w"],
       type: :numeric,
-      desc: "Number of parallel workers to use when generating RBIs (default: auto)"
+      desc: "Number of parallel workers to use when generating RBIs (default: 2)",
+      default: 2
     option :rbi_max_line_length,
       type: :numeric,
       desc: "Set the max line length of generated RBIs. Signatures longer than the max line length will be wrapped",